RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* August 17, 2009
* NYSY1708.09
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
August 11, 2009 - August 17, 2009
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),
Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortland
compiled:August 11 AT 1:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#167 -Tuesday August 17, 2009
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of August 11
, 2009
Highlights:
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SNOWY OWL
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
SANDHILL CRANE
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
WHIMBREL
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
BLACK TERN
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER
COMMON NIGHTHAWK
SEDGE WREN
HENSLOW’S SPARROW
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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8/11: 2 WILSON’S PHALAROPE’S and 4 DOWITCHER species were seen at May’s
Point Pool. 5 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON’S were found in Knox-Marcellus Marsh.
8/15: 2 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen in May’s Point Pool.
8/16: 1 WILSON’S PHALAROPE was seen in May’s Point Pool. 1 WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPER and 1 SANDHILL CRANE were seen from the Wildlife Drive.
Oswego County
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8/12: 10 species fo shorebirds were found at Sandy Pond including
WHIMBREL, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER. Also found were
BLACK TERN and OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER.
8/15: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen at a private residence in West
Monroe.
Onondaga County
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8/13: A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen at the Three Rivers WMA.
8/14: The SNOWY OWL being seen near Baldwinsville last week turned up at
Wegman’s on Rt.31 to the east. It was eventually captured and brought to a
wildlife rehabilitator. 2 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were found near Syracuse
University at the annual COMMON NIGHTHAWK watch. 1 more showed up the following
day. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen flying over Onondaga Lake at the
marina near Liverpool.
Fort Drum
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The late July-early August bird report from Fort Drum was again very
impressive. 39 SEDGE WRENS and 17 HENSLOW’S SPARROWS were found singing. COMMON
NIGHTHAWKS have been very active and up to 9 pair of RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS
were reported.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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